Two Japanese tourists Kenichi Miyamoto and Sayuri experienced the ugly side of Bali when they were extremely overcharged by a Taxi driver on last Friday night. They had to pay a royal amount of RP.579K for a mere ride from Kuta to Petitenget. We are calling it extremely overcharged because even with the fluctuation in prices you can easily hire a taxi driver for a day in Bali from somewhere between RP. 600-800k.
While two Indonesian Tourists Agung and Ida noticed the Japanese couple wandering confused around the Petitenget area somewhere about 11pm. Japanese couple approached the tourists and asked them if they were at Seminyak beach, turned out the driver didn't even drop them at their original location and dropped them at petitenget instead of Seminyak beach. Ida and Agung told them no they were not.
Agung and Ida felt really bad about how they were treated and decided to make it up for them. They offered Kenichi and Sayuri a drive to Seminyak beach free of cost. They waited for the couple to enjoy their time at the beach and found out that it was Sayuri's birthday and they wanted to celebrate on the beach. Later on the Jakarta couple dropped Kenichi and Sayuri at the hotel they were staying.
They made good friends, Japanese couple offered the Indonesian couple to be their host in Japan in 2018.
For Ida, the experience really was about “paying it forward.”
“Doing a small act of kindness can be rewarded in the future. Because one day, I might be in a situation where I need help. Hopefully, someone will want to help me too. It was just a little something we could do to help these Japanese tourists,” Ida concluded.
“I’m also happy that from the first time they met us, they believed we wanted to help them. Even after they had just been scammed. At the very least, hopefully we will make them see that not all Indonesians take advantage of tourists like that.”